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  1. Intraoperative nursing and pregnancy

    porsch65 replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    I worked in an O.R. that was about 30 years old. (we are in new ones now) But before I came many of the girls that worked in Recovery Room did miscarry. The thoughts were that is was from...

  2. eye protection question

    porsch65 replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Mike, There are face masks available that have a very high eye shield incorporated with them. My ortho C.R.N. wears them when she scrubs and she has never had a problem. Hope this

  3. arrogant nurses

    porsch65 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi Purlple Princess, To you and all the want to be nurses out there, don't give up!!!! Just the fact that you recognize unprofessional behaviour when you see it, already tells me that you could...

  4. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    porsch65 replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ditto, I loved it!. Ruby

  5. Male's in Nursing

    porsch65 replied to Osskar's topic in International Nursing

    Hi Jeff, This stereotype of men in nursing is changing. Thank god! When I had my first baby I had two male nurses, Paul and Reuben, (that was 10 years ago!) They were wonderful caring nurses. Just...

  6. On-Call Pay

    porsch65 replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    In our last contract our call rate went from $1.50 and hour to $7.334 an hour for standby province-wide. your first call back is worth 3 hours of o.t.even if you just come in for a closed reduction....

  7. Bovie Smoke

    porsch65 replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    We use a smoke evacuator for all cases, except for laporscopic cases. That wasn't the case when I first started there 3 1/2 years ago. Whenever someone forgets to hook up the "hoover" everyone...

  8. Cell Phones in the OR

    porsch65 replied to poopsiebear's topic in Operating Room

    During the day we ask docs to leave their pagers outside of the room, unless they are "on-call" If I am really busy I will contact the operater and inform her that he/she is in surgery and to let...

  9. arrogant nurses

    porsch65 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just keep doing the good job that you are doing. Unfortunately there are R.N's and L.P.N's like that out there. When I worked L.T.C. My aide and I were a team. When I was done my duties I would...